Railroad-tie



'(NoMddeL) L. 0. VANDERBILT & M. HOAMP-ANY. RAILROAD TIE.

No. 313,260. Patented M116, 1885.

WITNESSES: V S INVENTOR: 9Z3; WVJ O60 ATTORNEYS.

"Unwrap STATES PATENT fission.

LEE 0. VANDERBILT'AND MILTON E. CAMPANY, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

RAI LROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,260, dated March 3,1885.

Applicat'on filed March 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, LEE 0. VANDERBILT and lVIILTON E. CAMPANY, both ofMuskcgon, in the county ofMuskegon and State ofMichigan, have invented anew and Improved Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to furnish railroad'tie which shall bepractically indestructible by wear or the action of the elements.

The invention consists in certain improvements in that class ofrailway-ties that have two hollow inverted bowls serving the doublepurpose of a chair for the rail and as a railsupport, and abarconnecting two such bowls to form a complete tie, as will be hereinafterfully described, and specifically set forth in the claim. Heretoforethese hollow plates have been provided with clips for supporting therail, and with a bar or tie that extended from one to the other andpassed through apertures in said hollow plates. These bars wereperforated at opposite sides of the hollow plates to receivelocking-pins. Another construction employed, corrugated hollow platesand a cross-bar or tie provided with curved-up ends and slots justbehind the curved ends. A clip having curved ends was made to embracethe edge of the rail with one .end and to pass through the slot in thecrosstie with its other end. A wedge driven between the ]ast-rnentiouedend of the clip and y the curved end of the cross-tie caused the rail tobe clamped between'said clip and cross-tie.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a 1ongitudinal section, of ourimproved railroadtie.

Two inverted bowls, A, having plain upper surfaces and sides formed on areverse curve, are provided with fastening-clips B,which are nearlysemicircular in form and are bent on their inner edges to adapt them tovreceive the flange of the rail 0. The clips B are secured to the plaintop ofthe bowls A by means of bolts D.

A bar, E, extending from one bowl A to the other, is apertured at itsends to receive the inner bolts, D, employed in fastening the innerclips, B, to the bowls A. The bar E prevents the two opposite bowls Afrom being separated or being drawn together and thus preserves the gageof the track.

A series of ties of the forms described are placed under the rails atsuitable distances apart. The concave side of the bowl is filled withearth well'tamped, or with concrete or other suitable material.

The bowls A and clips B are preferably made of cast-iron and the bar Eof wrought iron; but any other suitable material may be employed intheir manufacture.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I As an improved article of manufacture, arailroad-tie formed of two inverted bowls having plain upper surfaces,two fasteningclips secured to the plain surface of each bowl by bolts,and a bar connecting the two bowls and secured by the fastening-bolts ofthe in 7 nor clips, as described.

' LEE 0. VANDERBILT.

MILTON n. OAMPANY.

\Vitnesses:

DAVID D. Enwrx, DAR LUTHER.

